• In The Market For Blues returns for second year; Third Eye Merchants, Stylo Tha Don, Max Fischer collaborate on protest track; Jake Bellows backs M. Ward on ‘Conan’

• Proseeds Rocks the Park | Photo Essay

• Saddle Creek signs Brooklyn artist Sam Evian; KZUM’s Soundbackers Drive targets radio station’s funding need; No Thanks tape release, free Stinson Park concert this weekend

• Thursday night at Lincoln Exposed; Stdnt Body strolls through Omaha streets in new video; Valentine’s Day celebrations all weekend at Milk Run, The Sydney

• Grassroots Music Festival fallout; AZP announces “Fall Concert Series”; Photo coverage of Toasted Ponies, Every Time I Die

• Free Holland Stages Festival with Oberst, Bandaloop and more; Photos from Hear Omaha, Tree House, K Camp; ZooFest this weekend

• Championing chamber music, Meadowlark Music Festival starts this week; Auto Winder album on Tremulant; Talbott album release tonight

• Routine Escorts and Once A Pawn at Hear Lincoln and Hear Omaha| Preview Q&As

• Staff Picks: Nebraska Songs and Albums of 2014 | On The Record

• Your Holiday Guide to Attending Shows with Family and Friends